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Lest We Forget

A year ago, I wrote a scathing letter to the editor at Imprint, titled "The Hypocrisy of Remembrance Day". As a pacifist, my main beef with Remembrance Day is that it seems to glorify a violent, intolerant chapter of our history. On Remembrance Day, we should reflect on the atrocity that is …

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Ambition is in the eye of the beholder

Tonight, I was working on an outline for the undergrad thesis I'm writing this term. It's about waste management in the Lausanne region. Exciting stuff. Right? Well, It was supposed to be a lot more exciting. At the beginning of the term I sat down with my advisor, starry-eyed, telling him of my …

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If it's in black and white, is art colourblind?

I went to a photography exhibit at the Musée d'Elysée in Lausanne yesterday with my dad. Called "Les Petits Métiers", the exhibit showcased dozens of portraits taken in 1950-52 by Irving Penn. The photographs themselves are mildly interesting, but what is really fantastic is the sheer variety of …

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My bread dilemma

I try to consume consciously. When it comes to grocery shopping, I rarely buy anything that isn't fair trade, locally-produced, or organic. Being a conscious consumer has its pitfalls, though. Often I find myself in a hopeless spiral of uncertainty when choosing between two similar products. A …

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